The San Antonio Hotel & Lodging Association has selected former City Councilman John Clamp as its new executive director.

Clamp, who represented District 10 from 2007 to 2011, will replace the current director, Barb Machado, starting Jan. 1, association President Rusty Wallace announced in a news release.

After leaving USAA as a manager in 2001, Clamp opened a real estate and mortgage company and once worked for RealCo and the La Cantera Development Co., the companies that built Six Flags Fiesta Texas and the golf course at La Cantera, the release reads.